Görlitz (district)
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Görlitz is a district (Kreis
Districts of Germany
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) in the Free State of Saxony
Saxony
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, Germany
Germany
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. It is named after its capital city Görlitz
Görlitz
Görlitz is a town in Germany. It is the easternmost town in the country, located on the Lusatian Neisse River in the Bundesland of Saxony. It is opposite the Polish town of Zgorzelec, which was a part of Görlitz until 1945. Historically, Görlitz was in the region of Upper Lusatia...

. It borders (from the west and clockwise) the district of Bautzen
Bautzen (district)
Bautzen is a district in the Free State of Saxony in Germany including the former districts of Bischofswerda and Kamenz. It is bounded by the Czech Republic, the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, the district-free city Dresden and the districts of Meißen and Görlitz...

, the state Brandenburg
Brandenburg
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, Poland
Poland
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 and the Czech Republic
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.

History

The district was established by merging the former districts of Löbau-Zittau
Löbau-Zittau
Löbau-Zittau is a former Kreis in the east of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Neighboring districts were the district Bautzen in the north-west and the Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis in the north. To the east was Poland, and to the south the Czech Republic.- History :The district was...

 and Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis
Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis
The Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis was the easternmost Kreis of the Free State of Saxony and Germany. Neighboring districts were Löbau-Zittau, Bautzen, Kamenz and the district Spree-Neiße in Brandenburg...

 (district of Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia) and the urban district Görlitz
Görlitz
Görlitz is a town in Germany. It is the easternmost town in the country, located on the Lusatian Neisse River in the Bundesland of Saxony. It is opposite the Polish town of Zgorzelec, which was a part of Görlitz until 1945. Historically, Görlitz was in the region of Upper Lusatia...

 as part of the district reform of August 2008.

Geography

The district comprises the south-eastern part of Lusatia
Lusatia
Lusatia is a historical region in Central Europe. It stretches from the Bóbr and Kwisa rivers in the east to the Elbe valley in the west, today located within the German states of Saxony and Brandenburg as well as in the Lower Silesian and Lubusz voivodeships of western Poland...

 and west part of Silesia
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, including part of the Lausitzer Bergland
Lausitzer Bergland
The Lusatian Highlands is a hilly and low mountainous region in Germany and the Czech Republic. A western extension of the Sudetes range, it is located on the border of the German state of Saxony with the Czech Bohemian region...

. The Lusatian Neisse
Lusatian Neisse
The Lusatian Neisse is a long river in Central Europe. The river has its source in the Jizera Mountains near Nová Ves nad Nisou, Czech Republic, reaching the tripoint with Poland and Germany at Zittau after , and later forms the Polish-German border on a length of...

 forms its eastern border, the Spree
Spree
The Spree is a river that flows through the Saxony, Brandenburg and Berlin states of Germany, and in the Ústí nad Labem region of the Czech Republic...

 flows through the western part of the district.

Coat of arms

Black Eagle in coat of arms of Görlitz district refers to the coat of arms of Silesia
Silesia
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.

Towns and municipalities

Towns Municipalities
  1. Bad Muskau
    Bad Muskau
    Bad Muskau is a spa town in the historic Upper Lusatia region in Germany at the border with Poland. It is part of the Görlitz district in the State of Saxony....

  2. Bernstadt auf dem Eigen
    Bernstadt auf dem Eigen
    Bernstadt auf dem Eigen is a town in the district Görlitz, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated 16 km north of Zittau, and 16 km southwest of Görlitz....

  3. Ebersbach-Neugersdorf
    Ebersbach-Neugersdorf
    Ebersbach-Neugersdorf is a town in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the border with the Czech Republic. It was formed on 1 January 2011 by the merger of the former municipalities Ebersbach and Neugersdorf....

  4. Görlitz
    Görlitz
    Görlitz is a town in Germany. It is the easternmost town in the country, located on the Lusatian Neisse River in the Bundesland of Saxony. It is opposite the Polish town of Zgorzelec, which was a part of Görlitz until 1945. Historically, Görlitz was in the region of Upper Lusatia...

  5. Herrnhut
    Herrnhut
    Herrnhut is a municipality in the district of Görlitz, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.It has access to Bundesstraße 178 between Löbau and Zittau...

  6. Löbau
    Lobau
    The Lobau is a Vienna floodplain on the northern side of the Danube and partly in Großenzersdorf, Lower Austria. It has been part of the Danube-Auen National Park since 1996 and has been a protected area since 1978. It is used as a recreational area and is known as a site of nudism. There is...

  7. Neusalza-Spremberg
    Neusalza-Spremberg
    Neusalza-Spremberg is a town in the district Görlitz, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the border with the Czech Republic, on the river Spree, 6 km northwest of Ebersbach, and 17 km southeast of Bautzen....

  8. Niesky
    Niesky
    Niesky is a small town in Upper Lusatia in eastern the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It has a population of about 11,000 and is part of the district of Görlitz....

  9. Ostritz
    Ostritz
    Ostritz is a town in the district Görlitz, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the border with Poland, on the left bank of the Lusatian Neisse, 16 km south of Görlitz....

  10. Reichenbach
    Reichenbach (Oberlausitz)
    Reichenbach/O.L. is a town in the Görlitz district, in eastern Saxony, Germany. It is located near Görlitz.-Broadcasting station in Reichenbach/Oberlausitz:...

  11. Rothenburg
  12. Seifhennersdorf
    Seifhennersdorf
    Seifhennersdorf is a town in the district Görlitz, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the border with the Czech Republic, and the Czech towns of Rumburk and Varnsdorf lie across the border to the north-east and south of town....

  13. Weißwasser
    Weißwasser
    Weißwasser is a town in Upper Lusatia in eastern Saxony, Germany.Weißwasser is the third largest town in the Görlitz district after Görlitz and Zittau. The town's landmark is its water tower.- History :...

  14. Zittau
    Zittau
    Zittau is a city in the south east of the Free State of Saxony, Germany, close to the border tripoint of Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic. , there are 28,638 people in the city. It is part of the Görlitz district....

  • Beiersdorf
    Beiersdorf, Saxony
    Beiersdorf is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany....

  • Berthelsdorf
    Berthelsdorf
    Berthelsdorf is a municipality in the district of Görlitz, in the southeastern part of the Free State of Saxony, Germany.- History :The municipality is next to the Czech Republic and Poland...

  • Bertsdorf-Hörnitz
    Bertsdorf-Hörnitz
    Bertsdorf-Hörnitz is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany....

  • Boxberg
    Boxberg, Saxony
    Boxberg is a municipality in the Görlitz district in Saxony, Germany....

  • Dürrhennersdorf
    Dürrhennersdorf
    Dürrhennersdorf is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany.-References:...

  • Eibau
    Eibau
    Eibau is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany. Eibau is known for the Eibauer Schwarzbier brewed by Münch-Bräu Eibau....

  • Gablenz
  • Groß Düben
    Groß Düben
    Groß Düben is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, Germany....

  • Großschönau
    Großschönau, Saxony
    Großschönau is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany located in the Cross-border region with the Czech Republic. It used to be a famous Upper Lusatian center of Damask fabric production until the end of the 1980s...

  • Großschweidnitz
    Großschweidnitz
    Großschweidnitz is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany.- References :...

  • Hähnichen
    Hähnichen
    Hähnichen is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, Germany. Districts are Quolsdorf, Spree and Trebus. The church of Hähnichen, rebuilt in 1708/09, was first mentioned in 1436....

  • Hainewalde
    Hainewalde
    Hainewalde is a village in Germany on the river Mandau, in the Bundesland of Saxony and the district Görlitz, historically belonging to the region Lusatia...

  • Hohendubrau
    Hohendubrau
    Hohendubrau is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, Germany....

  • Horka
    Horka, Saxony
    Horka is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, Germany....

  • Jonsdorf
    Jonsdorf
    The community of Jonsdorf is located in the south of the Kreis Görlitz in the southeast of the German federal state of Saxony. It is embedded into a valley of the Zittau Mountains, part of the Lusatian Mountains.-History:...

  • Kodersdorf
    Kodersdorf
    Kodersdorf is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, Germany. It is known by the motorway junction with the German motorway A 4....

  • Königshain
    Königshain
    Königshain is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, Germany....

  • Krauschwitz
    Krauschwitz
    Krauschwitz is a municipality in the Görlitz district of Saxony, Germany at the border with Poland. It is situated on the western banks of the Lusatian Neisse river, south of Bad Muskau...

  • Kreba-Neudorf
    Kreba-Neudorf
    Kreba-Neudorf is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, Germany....

  • Lawalde
    Lawalde
    Lawalde is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany.-External links:* ...

  • Leutersdorf
    Leutersdorf
    Leutersdorf is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany....

  • Markersdorf
    Markersdorf
    Markersdorf is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, Germany.Markersdorf is also the former German name of Markocice, a small township in Poland which lies about 25 kilometres directly to the south, near Bogatynia ....

  • Mittelherwigsdorf
    Mittelherwigsdorf
    Mittelherwigsdorf is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany....

  • Mücka
    Mücka
    Mücka is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, Germany.- References :...

  • Neißeaue
    Neißeaue
    Neißeaue is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, Germany.- References :...

  • Niedercunnersdorf
    Niedercunnersdorf
    Niedercunnersdorf is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany....

  • Obercunnersdorf
    Obercunnersdorf
    Obercunnersdorf is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany....

  • Oderwitz
    Oderwitz
    Oderwitz is a Saxon municipality in the district Görlitz in Upper Lusatia, Germany. It is located in the southeast of the Free State of Saxony near the border with the Czech Republic...

  • Olbersdorf
    Olbersdorf
    Olbersdorf is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany....

  • Oppach
    Oppach
    Oppach is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany.-Population development:...

  • Oybin
    Oybin
    Oybin is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany, located very close to the border of the Czech Republic. Following the defeat of the Protestant armies by the Habsburgs in the Battle of the White Mountain in 1620, many Protestant Czechs found refuge across the border in the...

  • Quitzdorf am See
    Quitzdorf am See
    Quitzdorf am See is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, Germany. It is named after the village Quitzdorf which was abandoned 1969 to make room for a reservoir....

  • Rietschen
    Rietschen
    Rietschen, , is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, Germany....

  • Rosenbach
    Rosenbach
    Rosenbach is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany....

  • Schleife
    Schleife
    Schleife , Uppersorbian Slepo, is a municipality of 3,000 in northern Görlitz district, northeast Saxony, Germany. It is the seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Schleife .- Administration :...

  • Schönau-Berzdorf
    Schönau-Berzdorf
    Schönau-Berzdorf is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany.- References :...

  • Schönbach
    Schönbach, Saxony
    Schönbach is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany. It lies very close to the Czech Republic.- References :...

  • Schöpstal
    Schöpstal
    Schöpstal is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, Germany.- References :...

  • Sohland am Rotstein
    Sohland am Rotstein
    Sohland am Rotstein is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, Germany....

  • Trebendorf
    Trebendorf
    Trebendorf, , is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, Germany....

  • Vierkirchen
    Vierkirchen, Saxony
    Vierkirchen is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, Germany....

  • Waldhufen
    Waldhufen
    Waldhufen is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, Germany....

  • Weißkeißel
    Weißkeißel
    Weißkeißel is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, Germany.-References:...


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